Courses with short ranges

[4Par]

GO PLAY!!

 

Hardly see more than a couple cages and old piece of mat in Scotland....

[MtlJeff]

I don't know what it is about WRX and people who are obsessed with driving ranges. You hear stuff like "the practice facilities were first class" and "I could spend all day on the range" all time time here. Seriously, who cares about driving ranges? So what if the range is short or you have to hit balls that don't go as far. So what if you have to hit off a mat into a lake. I couldn't care less what a courses range looks like. In the odd event that I do use the range I use it to warm up. It doesn't matter to me if I'm hitting into a net, all I'm trying to do is get warm. Several of the best courses in the world don't even have driving ranges.

 

I get shocked when i hear about how much people loved the "practice facilities" at Bandon and how they spent all day there. How is that fun? Driving ranges are repetitive flat perfect lies one after another, how is that fun? I've never understood the range rat.

 

WRX needs its own Driving Range section of the forum. It would probably get the most activity around here.

 

I like you all, but anyone who uses the term "practice facilities" over and over again needs to be punched in the face.

 

I honestly don't get this at all. Both why you have disdain for driving ranges and why it bothers you that others seem to be interested in them. Of course i'd prefer to play golf then spend time at a range all day. But i like being a member at a course that has a decent practice facility for when i want to practice. Sometimes any player goes through some patches where they need to work on some things in their game, chipping, driving...whatever it may be. And playing partners tend to frown upon you hitting 10 chips on each green on the course, or asking to hit another driver off the tee. As does the group behind you

 

During the summer i'll play probably 3-4 times a week and try to avoid the range as much possible, but there's days when i feel i need to work on a few things.

 

And that's also not to mention i do think it's nice to get 10 minutes or so of warm-up before a round

 

Honestly...beards, tattoos.....never thought there'd be driving range haters

[J_Birdie]

I don't care about the length but I really like ranges that have greens or at least 20 foot circles painted around flags so I have somewhere to aim. played a course that had a 5-wedge only range but had sweet greens as targets. Was awesome.